Our 2022 J. F. Powers Prize Finalists
Dappled Things is pleased to announce the finalists of this year's J. F. Powers Prize for Short Fiction. These 28 stories stood out among over 400 pieces submitted from around the world. We, the editors, are honored to receive short fiction of the highest caliber and challenged to narrow the field to these finalists. Our sincere thanks to all who shared their work.
Congratulations to this year’s finalists who move on to the next round and compete for the top prize of $500 to the winner, $250 to the runner up, and a number of honorable mentions that will appear in publication at the editors' discretion. Those under consideration are, in alphabetical order by author:
Clemency by Whitney Bryant
Sermo in Monte by Aaron Calvin
How to Help by Kate Deimling
The New Future by Andrew Denton
Lilies for the Harvest by Oso Guardiola
An Accidental Recovery by Bill Gusky
Fish by Atar Hadari
Tom Has Questions by John Haman
Comfort for the Outcasts by Kathleen Jabs
Miracles by Jack Johnson
The Story About Cherries in the Snow by Robert Kinerk
Ringel Ringel Reihe by Sharon LaCour
The Shadow Knows by Laurinda Lind
The History of Things by Nathan Long
Townhouse by L. Maffei
The Goodbye Party by C. V. Maus
Rory Dedalus’s Religious Phase by Daniel McInerny
A Way Between Hysterias by Mike Neis
Leave Your Life by Ebere Obua
Father Michael's Phantoms by Michael Pacheco
Next September by Gillian Rose
El Viejo by Patty Somlo
Waiting on the Queen by Melissa Sullivan
The Spring Kid by Mitchell Toews
Seven Devils by James Toner
I Hope You Dance by Nnamdi Vin-Anuonye
Ocean View by Steven Volynets
Old Wooden Saint by Derek Witten
